"Consumer confidence is yes, somewhat shaken I would say amongst some of the Singapore populace, but that can't be helped,I think."

VOA: special.2011.03.29

As long as I paid my medical school fees every year, my family would never know I wasn't attending any classes.

VOA: special.2009.07.18

It wasn't something a young wife should see, especially a young wife who would soon be a mother herself.

VOA: special.2010.01.09

But others say music like Lead Belly's would never have become widely known if it wasn't for the work of John Lomax.

VOA: special.2010.01.18

They wish he would spend more time on the economy. They don't like the health care bill."

VOA: special.2010.01.23

"What would you be doing this summer now if it weren't for this job?

VOA: special.2009.08.20

And Thanksgiving also, in my early days when I was a child, the kids would all get to play, maybe we hadn't seen each other for a while.

VOA: special.2009.11.23

I don't suppose you would understand these itemized bets, anyway.

VOA: special.2011.08.13

Well,I got them saddles built, and then somebody would say 'Hey,why don't you build me a saddle?'" That was how Nancy Martiny got into the saddle making business twenty years ago.

VOA: special.2011.01.31

Much attention has centered on a two thousand one speech when she said: "I would hope that a wise Latina woman with the richness of her experiences would more often than not reach a better conclusion than a white male who hasn't lived that life."

VOA: special.2009.07.18

And Mexico would say, 'Well look, if you weren't consuming so many drugs, we wouldn't have the problems we are having.'

VOA: standard.2010.07.02

We honor women who refused to listen to those who would say that you couldn't or shouldn't pursue your dreams."

VOA: standard.2010.03.08

Without drinking water, Victoria Switzer says, the house she hoped her grandchildren would visit won't be livable or saleable.

VOA: standard.2010.01.02

It's that time of year. So that the violence level would rise doesn't - doesn't surprise me at all."

VOA: standard.2010.05.26